points out that she said "men." Over the course of the series she makes several more appearances, always to the chagrin of Al. In one episode, Al discovered that Gary gets her shoes manufactured through a sweatshop within the city. Al tried to expose Gary but was unsuccessful. In another episode, Gary briefly dated Bud. Mostly Gary considers firing Al, and she came close a lot of times. She usually makes him suffer by being a women's shoe salesman and chews him out regarding why he hasn't made any sales. In God Help Ye Married Bundymen, Gary finally fires Al and Griff and replacing them with Biff and Hal. However, she rehires them after Hal and Biff became afraid of their future lives as shoe salesman, married to gold-digging wives and dealing with customer complaints. Luke Ventura (Ritch Shydner) – A coworker at the shoe store early in the series in Season 1. He was a sly womanizer who was always seducing beautiful women and stealing Al's sales. Peggy hated him while Al tolerated him. He disappears from the show after the first season, but is mentioned again in the ninth-season episode "Pump Fiction," when Al learns from the shoe industry publication "Shoe News" that Luke is being given an award. Though he was portrayed to be a friend of Al's in the beginning of the series, after his disappearance, he had been spoken of as if he had since become Al's rival. Meanwhile, Peggy spoke respectfully of him as well. Aaron Mitchell (Hill Harper) – The second coworker of Al's at the shoe store. A young football star at Polk High, he is on the verge of marrying a wonderful woman and going to college, achieving everything that Al ever wanted. Al chooses to live his life vicariously through Aaron, until his misguided advice accidentally drives the boy to a shrewish woman named "Meg" (a young copy of Peg) and the same dismal fate which had befallen Al. Aaron appeared only in the eighth season (5 episodes). Dexter (Chi McBride) – He was the third coworker with Al in Gary's Shoes who appeared in one episode. He was injured and almost killed when a fat woman fell on him during a shoe fitting. Griff (Harold Sylvester) – He was the final coworker with Al in Gary's Shoes, appearing in the ninth season. Griff holds the distinction of being Al's